Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Beatbox Drums LLC currently manages 1 pending office action in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This matter is assigned to a distinct examiner, Kimberly R Lockett, who is the busiest examiner with 1 pending action. The prosecution is active in a distinct art unit, indicating a singular and focused point of contact for the company's current patent efforts.
With only a single pending action, the company's immediate intellectual property goals are concentrated in a single proceeding. The involvement of a distinct examiner and art unit simplifies the prosecution landscape, as there are no conflicting examiner styles to manage. The practitioner can dedicate all resources to addressing the specific concerns raised by Kimberly R Lockett within the context of her art unit's guidelines.
This high level of concentration means that the success of the portfolio currently depends entirely on the resolution of this one action. The legal team should focus on the specific technical requirements of the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems area as applied by this examiner. A focused strategy here is essential for moving the company's pending intellectual property forward.
Difficulty is derived from the rejection statutes on the most recent pending office action. §101-driven and multi-statute cases are graded Hard; §112-only and obviousness-type double-patenting cases are graded Easy; everything else is Medium. "Unknown" means we have not yet parsed a statute for that office action.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (100%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
Manual office-action response work runs about 10 hours per case. The time-saved bands below show what IP Author's prosecution pipeline typically delivers — a conservative 20% on the low end, 35% in the middle, 50% on the high end.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOCKETT, KIMBERLY R | 1 | 82.5% | +11.1% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18669895 | EFFICIENT CONFIGURATIONS OF COMPONENTS INCLUDED IN A PORTABLE DRUM KIT | LOCKETT, KIMBERLY R | — |
Cases in front of an examiner whose interview lift is 10 percentage points or more — i.e. interviewed cases historically resolve more favorably than non-interviewed ones. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18669895 | EFFICIENT CONFIGURATIONS OF COMPONENTS INCLUDED IN A PORTABLE DRUM KIT | LOCKETT, KIMBERLY R | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3698 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18669895 | EFFICIENT CONFIGURATIONS OF COMPONENTS INCLUDED IN A PORTABLE DRUM KIT | LOCKETT, KIMBERLY R | 3698 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 21, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialBeatbox Drums LLC has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Kimberly R Lockett has the most, with 1 of Beatbox Drums LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
